139 Quotes by Jeff Wheeler

One cannot overestimate the power of persistence. It is persistence that guides a stonemason’s hands and causes mighty castles and temples to be built.

She had been prepared to die for her convictions, but now she realized it might require more courage to live for them.

By all means, marry, I told him. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher. Myrddin.

Maia, there is healing in weeping. There is balm in tears. An Aldermaston once said: Tears at times have the weight of speech.

Happy is the one who has broken the chains that hurt the mind and has given up worrying once and for all.

The greatest power over a man is his desire to please a particular woman.

Doubt is poison. You must fix your thoughts in your mind. Do not doubt. Believe and then act. Fear stops you from acting.

All you must do is believe in those small insights – those little bursts of wisdom that bloom in your mind when your heart is calm, controlled, and peaceful.

When enough people believe something of you, it can distort your view of yourself. We mimic the judgments of others. It would take a very strong person indeed to resist the effects of so much ill will.